{"id":4906,"date":"2014-03-19T03:28:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T03:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=4906"},"modified":"2017-11-15T14:23:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T14:23:56","slug":"my-way-to-language-bilingual-thoughts-on-where-motivation-comes-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/my-way-to-language-bilingual-thoughts-on-where-motivation-comes-from\/","title":{"rendered":"My way to language: Bilingual thoughts on where motivation comes from"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cWhat do you recommend I do to learn a foreign language?\u201d Ganz oft wird mir diese Frage gestellt. My answer differs from person to person, but whatever long-winded suggestions I give, I always end up with the same piece of advice. Ich sage, \u201cUm eine Sprache zu lernen, muss man erst es genug wollen.\u201d How much is enough? Es kommt nat\u00fcrlich darauf an. Until you\u2019re actually learning the language, you can\u2019t know how much was enough. Ich wei\u00df, ich wei\u00df, das ist nicht so hilfreich. But the fact is, there is no correct way to learn a language. Jeder Mensch muss sein eigenen Weg finden. Do you want to learn German in order to work in a particular industry? Vielleicht kommt deine Oma aus Deutschland und du f\u00e4ndest es sch\u00f6n, mit ihr auf ihre Muttersprache zu unterhalten. Or maybe you\u2019re just a big fan of Rammstein and want to know what the heck they\u2019re singing about. Egal was dich motiviert, du wirst die Sprache lernen, so bald das du es genug lernen willst. And if you swear you want it enough, but still aren\u2019t progressing? Dann find doch noch einen Grund, die Sprache zu lernen.<\/p>\n

For me, it took years of studying Spanish in school before I made any commitment to really learning the language. Als ich einen Auslandssemester in Chile angenfangen habe, und ich die schnell-gesprochene chilenische Dialekt geh\u00f6rt habe, konnte ich fast kein Wort davon verstehen, trotz meiner Erfahrung in der Schule. My lack of understanding is what motivated me to study abroad, and the growth I felt while there motivated me to continue learning languages afterwards. Manchmal frage ich mich ob ich \u00fcberhaupt gereist w\u00e4re, wenn ich Spanisch in der Schule besser gelernt h\u00e4tte. I don\u2019t recommend that anyone learn a foreign language by first spending years ineffectively studying a different foreign language. Das war aber mein Weg.<\/p>\n

hilfreich<\/b> – (adjective) helpful<\/p>\n

“Es kommt darauf an.”\u00a0<\/strong>– (expression) “It depends.”<\/p>\n

Grund<\/strong> – (noun) reason<\/p>\n

Auslandssemester<\/strong> – (noun) semester abroad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

\u201cWhat do you recommend I do to learn a foreign language?\u201d Ganz oft wird mir diese Frage gestellt. My answer differs from person to person, but whatever long-winded suggestions I give, I always end up with the same piece of advice. Ich sage, \u201cUm eine Sprache zu lernen, muss man erst es genug wollen.\u201d How…<\/p>\n

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